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In for R1! Now I can stay hip on what you all are talking about.

Welcome to the group, o brave supplicant!
I see that you have submitted your consortium application. That ticks off all the 4 schools at once!
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Received confirmation mail from the admissions office.
Hi [neo656],

Thank you for submitting an application to the Tuck School of Business. Just a quick note to let you know we now have all your materials. Your application is considered complete and will be reviewed by the Admissions Committee for the Early Action round. Please contact us with any questions.

neo656, has your application status changed to "Complete" from "Submitted"? I got this mail a couple of days back. However, as the application page states, the application status changes to "Complete" once it is handed over the AdCom. So, wanted to check if this happened with your application. Mine still shows "Submitted" only.

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My app status is

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APPLICATION STATUS: SUBMITTED
Submitted Date: 10/7/2014 10:48:00 AM EST
Your application was completed on 10/9/2014 2:31:00 PM
Application Fee: Received
Recommendations: Complete
(Reco Guy #1) (Online): Submitted on 9/25/2014
(Reco Guy #2) (Online): Submitted on 10/2/2014
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(Some Random Institution I went to): Received (Not Official)
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IELTS: Not Applicable
PTE: Not Applicable
TOEFL: Not Applicable
GMAT: Received (Official)
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I hope it helps...

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I hope it helps...

neo656, yeah, definitely helps

My application is in the same status.

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In for R1! Now I can stay hip on what you all are talking about.

Welcome to the group, o brave supplicant!
I see that you have submitted your consortium application. That ticks off all the 4 schools at once!
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Yup, I'm officially done! Here's hoping I get at least one acceptance and don't have to fight in R2!

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Alas, my fate isn't that bright and forces me to grind my arse for a few more weeks...

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I survived my 5 weeks of 5 applications!!! Very excited to go back up to Hanover next week for my interview this year! Second try for me.... Hoping to nail it!

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I survived my 5 weeks of 5 applications!!! Very excited to go back up to Hanover next week for my interview this year! Second try for me.... Hoping to nail it!

GMA .. I read entire Tuck thread for last year... you're the man ...
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I survived my 5 weeks of 5 applications!!! Very excited to go back up to Hanover next week for my interview this year! Second try for me.... Hoping to nail it!

GMA .. I read entire Tuck thread for last year... you're the man ...
pleasure to have you around here...

WOOT!

I stayed on the waitlist until August last cycle... Hoping for better results this year!

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FROM Tuck Admissions Blog: Five Issues Every Student Should Be Able to Discuss in a Job Interview

Speaker Spotlight: Matt Slaughter

Matt Slaughter is the Signal Companies' Professor of Management, the associate dean for faculty, and faculty director of the Center for Global Business and Government.

For the first Tuck News Hour of the 2014–15 school year on Oct. 7, Professor Matt Slaughter wanted to do something a little different. “Talking to the CDO [Career Development Office], we had the idea to frame a conversation about where the world is today around interview questions since it’s that season for many students,” he said during his talk. “Use these as a starting point and good luck with recruiting in the months ahead!”

Here are the questions and answers Slaughter offered during his discussion called “Current Economic Issues: Five Issues Every Student Should Be Able to Discuss in a Job Interview.”

1. What is the Fed going to do in the months ahead and why?

The Fed likely will start raising interest rates by about mid-2015. It will do so in light of its dual mandate of full employment and stable prices—yet do so worried about continued labor-market fragility.

2. Consultancies in Europe are hiring a lot. Is Europe finally on the mend?

No, Europe overall is not on the mend. There may well be pockets of growth and opportunity—e.g. German exporters or UK consultants—but the broader Eurozone remains extremely fragile, with worse outcomes possible.

3. What about Japan? Are “Abenomics”—the economic policies of Prime Minister Shinzō Abe—working? Is it time to expand there?

It remains too early on Abenomics. It is easy to print more yen and borrow for more fiscal stimulus. It is harder to accelerate a country’s economic speed limit. Be hopeful but prudent.

4. What about emerging markets? Can we or our clients realize strong revenue growth there?

Absolutely. Emerging markets, though growing more slowly today, still present enormous growth opportunities for companies around the world.

5. What do you envision yourself contributing to our firm’s global success?

The world’s had a lot of Eeyore lately; we need a lot more Tigger. Your ability to drive dynamism and growth is really high—you don’t have to know all the answers, just be willing to try. Craft your own inspiring story with guidance from the CDO and from others in the Tuck community.

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Best results for all... cheers .. :beer

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FROM Tuck Admissions Blog: Unparalleled Access

From time to time I get questions from applicants about Tuck’s location and how it impacts the MBA experience in terms of recruiting, access to visiting executives and social life. I am here to tell you that our location is one of the best parts of Tuck! Tuck is well-known for its tight-knit student body and great placement record, and those are due in large part to where we are.

Starting with recruiting and executives, there is no shortage of people coming to campus. 160 companies visited campus last year to recruit, and they come up more than once a year. For example, Bain was on campus 20 times last year. Recruiters value what Tuck students have to offer and are willing to make the trip to come see them. This week alone, we had representatives from the following companies on-campus hosting company briefings: Danaher Corporation; Laureate Education; Rakuten; The Chartis Group; Ocean Spray; The Amundsen Group; Biogen Idec; The NorthBridge Group; Warby Parker; Bristol-Myers Squibb; Intel; Prudential; Bain’s Private Equity Group; CVS Caremark; Comcast; Putnam Investments; BDC Advisors; The Broad Center; Google; Cartesian and McKinsey. Next week’s schedule is similarly packed.

Tuck brings more speakers to campus than you could possibly have time to see. Visiting campus this week, we had: Kenneth Feinberg, administrator of the 9/11, BP and General Motors victim compensation funds; Liam Donohue T’95, co-founder of .406 Ventures; Michael Laskoff and Thomas Brennan, CEO and CFO of AbilTo; Anthony Florence, Jr. T’97 and Peter Barris T’77 of New Enterprise Associates; David Southwell T’88, President and CEO of Inotek, Inc.; Josephy Zubretsky, Sr. Executive VP, Aetna Inc.; Peter Bridgman, Sr. VP and Controller, PepsiCo, Inc.; Robert O’Neill Jr. Former Chief Executive, Fairfax County Government; Siddarth Yog, Co-founder, Managing Partner and Chairman of the Investment Committee, The Xander Group Inc.; Adam Powers and Donald Powers of Markspower LLP; and George Host, President of SD Malkin Properties and Director of Value Retail PLC.

It’s not just that there are lots and lots of people up here visiting, but because of our location, they don’t just give a speech and head back to the office. Instead, they spend the entire day on campus being hosted by and interacting with the students. They take small groups of students to lunches and dinners. They hold open office hours so you can sit down and speak with them one-on-one. Tuck’s location provides students amazing personal access to these leading executives.

Similarly, the location allows you to get to know your professors outside of the classroom too. You see them in restaurants downtown, run into them in the grocery store, and have the opportunity to socialize with them. As a result, they become your friends and colleagues, not just your teachers.

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Had my interview on campus yesterday. Overall, like what I had heard from many on this forum and on ClearAdmit, the interview was very much a conversation. The second year student I interviewed with asked me to walk through my resume from undergrad to now, talk a little bit about a few specific leadership examples, and then the "Why MBA" and "Why Tuck" questions. I feel like I did well.

I was fortunate in that she and I have similar professional goals which enabled her to really further open my eyes to some of the advantages Tuck has with respect to what I want to do.

Hanover/Tuck is more beautiful than you can imagine. The campus is pristine, and the students were very friendly and helplful. I sat in an accounting class, which was as you would expect but there was still a decent amount of back and forth between the professor.

I stayed in Buchanan Hall which I would highly recommend you all do when you travel for your interview. It was about $125, but the room was very nice (think Marriott) and Buchanan Hall is connected directly to Tuck making waking up in the morning and getting to my 8:30 AM class very easy. Also, if you are traveling from Boston-Logan Airport look into taking the "Dartmouth Coach" from the airport to campus. $60 roundtrip, but the coach drops you off right in front of the Dartmouth Green and about a 5 minute walk to Tuck (and Buchanan Hall).

To be honest before my visit/interview I was pretty apprehensive about going to a smaller school like Tuck vs. some of the bigger names that I am applying to but after my conversation with my interviewer and my other interactions with students, Tuck's personal scale coupled with its incredible relationships with many top employers make it an exceptional option for me.

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FROM Tuck Admissions Blog: I’m on a Boat: Tuckies Set Sail in Italy

By Jane Shiverick T’15

Jane grew up in Bronxville, NY. She graduated from Trinity College in 2008 with a double major in psychology and Italian studies. Before Tuck, she worked in NYC in wine import and distribution.

It can be quite hard to pull oneself away from the late September foliage that sets the Tuck campus ablaze with color this time of year, but even harder to turn down the opportunity to compete in an MBA sailing regatta in Italy with a group of fellow T’15 classmates. Embarking on this three-day adventure with my fellow classmates seemed like an appropriate way to put my past experience as a sailing instructor and my undergrad Italian major to work.

A team of eight Tuckies traveled to Santa Margherita Ligure (near Portofino), Italy to represent Tuck in the annual Rolex MBA Conference and Regatta hosted by the SDA Bocconi School of Management in Milan. This annual event offers a memorable international MBA experience: networking and making friends with students from over 20 international business schools, engaging in good-spirited competition out on the water, and enjoying compelling presentations on innovation and management—set against the backdrop of the sun-drenched Italian Riviera.

The Tuck boat took third place in the A Division. This was a true team effort in every sense. The sailboat racing experience is based on the same principles of leadership and teamwork that we exercise in the academic and work environment. Except with a tan.

Racing a sailboat with a crew of eight is analogous to the work environment in many ways. In the fast-paced environment, teamwork and management skills are key: the crew scrambles to coordinate fine-tuned movements amidst the controlled chaos of tangled lines, an unwieldy twisted spinnaker, or other boats imposing their right-of-way causing a sudden change of course. Each team member had a dedicated role and had to execute their tasks under the skipper’s leadership in ever-shifting conditions. In an exhibit of top-class leadership, our noble skipper Adam Hewson T’15 made sure every team member was attending to their duties, and in moments that required rapid response, he was quick to act and make proper adjustments to keep everyone in sync. Just as in a company work setting, there are many moving parts that need to be coordinated in order to reach a common goal.

This was a unique and unforgettable three days of Tuckie bonding abroad!

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I had submitted my EA app on 10/8 but my recos did not get in until 10/13. My app still says submitted. Does it say the same for others as well?

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I had submitted my EA app on 10/8 but my recos did not get in until 10/13. My app still says submitted. Does it say the same for others as well?

Mine still says submitted and I had the app and recs in at least a week early. Don't know what's up.

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I had submitted my EA app on 10/8 but my recos did not get in until 10/13. My app still says submitted. Does it say the same for others as well?

Mine still says submitted and I had the app and recs in at least a week early. Don't know what's up.

My status hasn't changed since my last post on the matter...

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I had submitted my EA app on 10/8 but my recos did not get in until 10/13. My app still says submitted. Does it say the same for others as well?

Mine still says submitted and I had the app and recs in at least a week early. Don't know what's up.

My status hasn't changed since my last post on the matter...

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I hope it helps...

It's good other people are seeing the same thing. I'm only worried because of this line from the e-mail I got after I submitted:

Please monitor your Apply Yourself application account for the status of materials received as well as your application status (complete/incomplete)

Feel like my materials should have been checked by now.